Ducks were one of the first animals both my children learnt and loved – perhaps that is why this cute furry animal has become a popular 1st birthday and baby shower theme!
A great excuse to use the joyful colour yellow throughout the party and this blog post is filled with yellow party items as well as lots of rubber ducky items to help theme this specific party!
If you want something custom made – customised printables, particular paper decor or decorations, remember to visit the Directory section of this website to see more vendors to create something for you!
Printables & Invitations
A collection of printables and invitations in various styles and colours to give you inspiration:
Rubber Ducky printables – Giggles and Grace Designs
Baby waddling printables – Pretty & Print
Duckie printables (also available in pink) – Style Me Gorgeous
Rubber Ducky Party paperie – PS Made with Love
Duck printables – Periwinkle Printables
Baby shower duck printables – Black Leaf Design
Rubber duck party printables – Love Shower
Alannah Rose duck invitation – The Party Parlour
Little Ducklings invitation – Bumpkin
Baby shower duck invitation – Ellison Reed
Rubber duck baby shower invitation – Modern Beautiful
Decorations
An array of duck themed and yellow decorations to decorate the party:
Ducky Shape foil balloon – Fantasy Kids Parties
Rubber ducky balloons – Party Kit n Kaboodle
Duck garland – Garlands galore
Yellow giant balloon – Ruby Rabbit
Yellow polka dot lantern – Little Red Chick
Yellow polka dot balloons – The Party Parlour
Yellow pom poms – Just Party Supplies
Paper lantern – Sweet Tea Party Supplies
Yellow paper sunburst decoration – Love the Occasion
Tissue paper garland – Bickiboo
Tableware
Yellow ruffled tablecloth – Saffy & May
Yellow polkadot table cover – Piece of Cake Parties & Celebrations
Yellow spot tablerunner – The Party Parlour
Lil Quack duck plates – It’s All about Kids Gifts
Yellow polkadot plates – Little Red Chick
Paper Eskimo paper plates – Sweet Celebrations
Yellow spot napkins – The Party Parlour
Chevron yellow party supplies – Sweet Tea Party Supplies
Yellow mini milk bottle – Sweet tea party supplies
Yellow paper straws – Saffy & May
Sweet Treats
Yellow chocolate pearls – The Party Parlour
Yellow cupcake tower – The Party Parlour
Yellow polkadot cupcake boxes – Little Red Chick
Yellow cupcake cups – Saffy & May
Duck cupcake cases – Party & Co
Lil quack duck cupcake pics – It’s All About Kids Gifts
Duck cupcake toppers – Sweet Themes
Duck cookie cutter – Party & Co
Sambellina Yellow polka dot candles – The Party Parlour
Yellow duck candles – Party & Co
Rubber duck cake topper – Circle City Creations
Portia yellow cake stand – Leo and Bella
Special Themed Items
Let all the guests have fun trying to crack this duck pinata:
Duck Pinata – The Little Big Company
A fun photo prop as well as toy for after the party!:
Giant inflatable duck – Domayne
Hire
A snapshot of a few yellow items for hire however for all the hire businesses around Australia please view the party directory, hire category.
These yellow bubble chairs are cute for this theme and perfect for little kids. In Melbourne you can find them from Tiny Tables and Chairs.
Yellow bubble chairs and table for hire – Tiny Tots Toy hire (Sydney)
Yellow canopy for hire – Tiny Tots Toy Hire (Sydney)
Yellow ruffled tablecloth for hire – My Sweet Event Hire (Melb)
Party Favours
Bath toys are perfect for this theme, especially if a lot of the guests are quite young as well:
Rubber ducky toys – Piece of Cake Parties & Celebrations
Rubber duck toys – It’s All About Kids Gifts
Some lovely soap also works well for this theme:
Duck soaps – Clover Fields
Rather than lots of small items you could get one useful item for each child, such as this cute duck watering can, or a duck related storybook:
Duck watering can – Annabel Trends
Five Little Ducks – Book Depository
Some yellow items for your favour packaging:
Sambellina spot favour bag – The Party Parlour
Yellow polka dot favour bags – Just Party Supplies
Sambellina yellow favour bags – Sweet Celebrations
Yellow party tags – Ruby Rabbit
Yellow bakers twine – Ruby Rabbit
Real Parties
For more inspiration when planning this Ducky party theme, view these real parties:
Very cute duckie party on the Little Sooti Blog
Sweet pink and yellow duck birthday party on Babyology
Gorgeous rubber ducky party by Sweet Tiers on the Amy Atlas Blog
This little duckling first birthday is too gorgeous! Featured on the Kara’s Party ideas blog
With Australia Day just around the corner I thought I’d share a few Australia day party printables I’ve found for anyone planning a get together to celebrate this great country! Some of the items below are FREE which is an added bonus!
Free Australia Day printables – Memories are Sweet
Australia day printables – Sassaby
Free Australia day printables – Polkadot Prints
Free printable bush buddies toppers – Tiny Me
Have some photo fun with these Australia Day photo props:
Australia Day photo booth props – Upon a Time Designs
Australia Day free bunting printable – Mother Duck said let’s party
Free Australia Day poster printable – Sassaby Printable Parties
For some more inspiration:
Australia Day party setup – Nicole from Pretty and Print featured on the Amy Atlas blog
Hope you found something to use when planning your Australia Day celebrations!
Visit the Directory to find more vendors to use when planning your celebration!
There is something magical about Unicorns and seeing a few gorgeous Unicorn themed parties lately inspired this blog post.
I’ve curated a selection of party supplies to suit a unicorn party theme – filled with item from Life’s Little Celebration partners!
To find out more about becoming a partner or the “Celebrate” conference day I am planning for business owners in August in Sydney, please email me at lifeslittlec@gmail.com
Remember to visit the Life’s Little Celebration’s children’s party directory to find even more suppliers and vendors when you are party planning!
Here are some gorgeous Unicorn kids birthday parties to get you inspired!
Unicorn party – Sweetest Jubilee
Unicorn party – Stylish Little Parties (Melbourne)
Unicorn party – Party Pony Designer Pinatas
Unicorn Party Invitations and Printables
There are some beautiful unicorn party printables and invitations available to help set the colour scheme and style of this unicorn party! I always find party invitations a great starting point for inspiration for a party theme!:
Unicorn party invitation – Giggles and Grace Designs
Unicorn party invitations – Pretty and Print
Unicorn party invitation – Paper Blossom Creations
Fairy and Unicorn party printables – Amity Invites
Unicorn invitation – Paper Face
Unicorn party invitation – Lou Lou Pie Creative
Unicorn Party Decorations
With a unicorn theme being so popular at the moment there are a range of fun unicorn decorations available:
Here are a few items which could work into this theme starting with this gorgeous pastel backdrop:
Unicorn party backdrop – Jo’s Signs by Design
Unicorn balloon – Ruby Rabbit Partyware
Unicorn balloons – Ruby Rabbit Partyware
Jumbo unicorn confetti balloon – Favor Lane
Unicorn foil balloon – One Magic Day
Unicorn balloon kit – Favor Lane
Unicorn garland – Sugarlicious Parties
Unicorn garland kit – Ruby Rabbit Partyware
Love this unicorn pinata which doubles as a decoration!
Unicorn pinata – Party Pony Designer Pinata
Unicorn tail tassel – DD brand
Lilac paper fan – Emiko Blue
Lilac tulle pom – Ruby Rabbit Partyware
Fancy honeycomb decoration – Poppies for Grace
A gorgeous tablecloth to form the base for a Unicorn dessert table!:
Pastel ruffled tablecloth -Saffy and May
Some fun options for party plates which could work in for a Unicorn party:
We heart unicorn plates – Favor Lane Party Boutique
Unicorn party plates – The Little Big Company
Toot Sweet ombre dessert plates – Ruby Rabbit Partyware
Sambellina rainbow plates – Emiko Blue
Meri Meri confetti charms toot sweet plates – Emiko Blue
Confetti pop paper plates – Favor Lane
Some fun unicorn confetti to sprinkle on the tables!:
Unicorn confetti – Ruby Rabbit Partyware
Sweet Treats
A collection of unicorn party items for your sweet treats and cakes:
Unicorn pops – The Little Big Company
Unicorn cookie cutter set – Lark
Gorgeous gold glitter topper which can be created for cupcakes or for a cake:
Unicorn cupcake or cake topper – Sugarlicious Parties
Unicorn party cupcake kit – Ruby Rabbit Partyware
Some other options for the main Unicorn party cake:
Unicorn cake topper – Glistening Occasions (Cake by Red Carousel)
Love these candles :
Ombre candles – Ruby Rabbit Partyware
Unicorn candles – Little Boo-teek
Contact a business on the Life’s Little Celebrations directory to create a Unicorn cake or desserts for the Unicorn party:
Unicorn cake – Sweetest Jubilee (Melbourne)
Unicorn cookies – Frosted by Nicci Melbourne
Unicorn cake – JK Cake Designs Sydney
Unicorn cookies – Niknaks Sweetest Treats (Perth)
Unicorn cake – Sweetcheeks Cookies and Cake
Special themed items
A few items for the special birthday child!:
Unicorn gold glitter iron on transfer – Sugarlicious Parties
Kids unicorn horns to wear – Ruby Rabbit Partyware
Gorgeous Unicorn print which you could work into the party decor but then also use it in your child’s room after the party:!
Unicorn print – Fairydust Stylish Stationery
Unicorn Party Favours
A few extra cute options for your Unicorn party favours!:
Unicorn party favours – Glitter and Glue Designs
Unicorn favour bags -Glitter and Glue Designs
Unicorn stickers and favour bags – Sugarlicious Parties
Rainbow party bags – Emiko Blue
Rainbow treat boxes – Love the occasion
I hope you enjoyed the round up of Unicorn party supplies! Happy party planning for this gorgeous theme!
I am delighted today to share an interview with talented stationery designer Loralee Lewis who also creates the most beautiful parties for her four children
Nutcracker ballet inspired party – Loralee Lewis
In this interview Loralee shares her advice about being a mum in business, stationery design, party styling and more!
Your stationery designs are so classic and unique. How do you remain inspired to create different designs?
Come one come all invitation – Loralee Lewis
Thank you for the kind words! My clients and my children are always causing me to re-think what needs to be created, which helps, and I get bored easily with whatever is out there and am always wanting to do something new. It drives my staff nuts that we are always on to the next experimental product or item and figuring out how to create it large scale.
How do you stay ahead of trends regarding stationery and party styling?
This is a great question. I think two ideas come to mind for me and my company. First, if I can design something intrinsically beautiful, clean, elegant, balanced and fun, it will still be desirable in a decade, so I don’t have to worry about it going in/out of style, like a mustache or a chevron, which I don’t use in my work.
Mary Poppins Jolly Holiday invitation – Loralee Lewis
French design from the 1700’s is still as relevant today as it was then because it is timelessly beautiful. The closer we get to that ideal, the better. I think that works well for business, too, so you don’t have to chase the market as much, but it can come to you.
The second idea is to always strive to do something that no one has seen before. With every event or shoot or design that I put together, I think “What is the twist?” “What is one thing I can add that has never been seen before?” And if it is beautiful, I go with it. I remember for a Christmas party one year we wanted to do something really vertical and high, so we made a doughnut tower out of stainless steel rods that we had made at a welding yard in town. It was a wild idea that we just brought to life and it worked. Take existing ideas and twist them to something new.
Princess and the Frog party by Loralee Lewis
Your children’s parties are truly gorgeous and amazing however I’ve read that you don’t stress about your kids parties and plan them in just 1-2 weeks – how do you manage to plan such beautiful parties in so little time?
Thank you again for the sweet words. I put together events by using a lot of items that are easy to source from my home or locally, and then order in a handful of items from vendors that are over the top, and then dress everything with great paper. This makes it easy to have a beautiful event. Most of my cookies and cakes are from the local bakery, rather than special order. Good paper can take a plain white cupcake and make it shine like a star.
Wizard of Oz cupcake topper kit – Loralee Lewis
Princess and the Frog paperie – Loralee Lewis
You recently styled your daughter Georgianna’s ‘first’ birthday party for her 4th birthday. What was the highlight of this occasion?
Pixie Hollow birthday by Loralee Lewis
Georgianna owned not a single toy and lived on one small meal per day in the orphanage before we got her home, but the moment we brought her home a confident diva emerged. She was like a Cinderella waiting for the fairy godmother. At her fairy princess birthday she was transported to a new reality and it was the moment of a lifetime for her. She has never looked back. What a treat as a mother to see her take it all in.
Do you have any party themes on your ‘wish list’ that you are hoping your children will request for their future parties?
All American picnic party by Loralee Lewis
I want to do a vintage baking party for my little boy, complete with hats, red bow ties, and aprons. I hope he doesn’t grow out of it before I can put it together! Also we will have a strawberry patch party this year, and a Polar Express Inspired theme coming up. Their party themes are a bit of a negotiation because if I am throwing the event, it needs to make sense to me as well.
Pirate birthday party by Loralee Lewis
Do you have any tips for mums on how to plan a beautiful party on a tight budget?
Use what you have in your home (for me it’s stored items or the garage, etc.) to make it work, rather than buying new furniture or props.
Buy low cost food items from the store, the kids love them the same. Thrift store for the pieces that are missing.
Then dress everything up for the ball with creativity. Embellishments like paper, ribbon, glue and scissors are cheap but can make almost anything look really expensive.
Through the woods collection – Loralee Lewis
Oh, and spray paint! I LOVE spray paint. Buy props from the thrift store for $10 and spray paint them to match the party colors and you have a prop that looks like $200.
It is so inspiring to read about your 4 beautiful children and their journey to you. What are the greatest lessons motherhood has taught you?
Thank you again. I don’t know I’ve fully learned any of the lessons, but am on the road! I am learning about how to be patient, how to make each child feel special, and how to love all my children equally even if I don’t connect with them all equally. Getting my house in order and keeping a tight schedule. These are some of the lessons I’m learning right now.
Loralee Lewis with her children
How do you manage the juggle of your business as well as family life?
It’s very hard, and I’m not perfect, but I have the advantage of being able to run my studio and do my designing from my home. I have assistants who help with most of the day to day lifting. Also, have a schedule and a daily to-do list. Stop work when your kids get home and start again when they sleep. These are my usual methods.
Kitty Cat collection – Loralee Lewis
What piece of advice can you give to those starting out in an event related business?
Easter photo shoot by Loralee Lewis
Wow, there is so much. First would be just put yourself out there and work through the mistakes. In Silicon Valley they call it “Fail Fast;” with the going assumption that you’ll mess up early on a lot and that it’s good and part of the process.
We’ve made so many silly mistakes along the way but we learned quickly.
Another would be to focus small and be delighted by every victory.
A third would be to avoid partnerships and do it yourself (unless it’s your husband. I happen to be business partners with my husband and it works great, but friends of mine who have other business partners have all come to regret it).
Fourth, for us, has been staying debt free. Finances are such a burden; if you keep costs super low it makes it so much easier to stay financially strong.
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Thank you Loralee for providing an insight into your business as well as your party styling and work/life balance. It is a true honour to feature your thoughts on my blog.
To follow Loralee Lewis find her facebook page here, and website here.
We’ve launched into the new year and for anyone planning a celebration in these early months I’ve put together a collection of Summer entertaining essentials
For more summer inspiration – check out my Flamingo themed blog post for some ideas, my Ice Cream themed post here , my Mermaid theme blog post, or my blog post on the Oh It’s Perfect blog for ideas for a garden party
Enjoy!
Invitations/Printables
Inspiration for a few summery themes:
Pool beach party printables – Penny Lane Studio
Pool party printables – 2 Love Birds
Surfer girl Invitation – I Will Invitations
Ice cream party invitation – Paper & Style Co
Mermaid printables – Jo Studio
Decorations
Lanterns are great for outdoor decorations – easy to hang, light and they look good no matter where the wind blows them:
Pink chevron lantern – Saffy & May
Yellow polka dot lanterns – Little Red Chick
Robert Gordon floral lanterns – Sweet Celebrations
Can’t beat some ice-cream cone decorations for a summer feel!:
Ice cream cone lanterns – Ruby Rabbit Partyware
Speaking of ice-cream, even if you’re not doing an ‘ice-cream themed’ party, ice-cream is a must have when entertaining in summer with kids! So here are some fun finds to use when serving up your ice-cream!:
Ice cream scoop (matching spoons available) – Sweet Tea Party Supplies
Pastel stripe ice cream cups – Little Red Chick
Robert Gordon ice cream cups and spoons – Occasion by Design
Chevron wooden spoons – Little Red Chick
Gelato spoons – Occasion by Design
Mini gelato bowls – Limetree Kids
Love these ice-cream cone stands!:
Bamboo wood ice cream cone stand – Party & Co
Ice-cream cone stand – The Little Big Company
I just had to share this fabulous ice-cream parlour stand for hire in Sydney for a perfect ice-cream serving area at any summer themed party:
Ice cream parlour stand for hire – Tiny Tots Toy Hire (Sydney)
When entertaining with kids disposable partyware is a must have! This confetti design fits into any bright and summery party:
Confetti Dot plates – Sweet Celebrations
Also love these bright options:
Striped partyware – Sweet Little Soiree
If you’re doing a tropical feel, I love these tableware ranges:
Hawaiian partyware – Ready to Party
Flamingo plates – Fantasy Kids Parties
These gorgeous pastel chevron napkins are perfect for summer entertaining:
Chevron pastel napkins – Sweet Tea Party Supplies
Summer entertaining is a great time to use drink dispensers.
Love the colour pop on this one (also available in pink!):
Apothecary drink dispenser (also available in pink) – Sweet Tea Party Supplies
Fantastic 2 part dispenser where you can display some tropical fruits at the bottom:
2 part drink dispenser – Leo & Bella
A drinks tub is essential and I’m loving the colour of this one:
Blue party tub – Peters of Kensington
Also loving the bright’s in this bamboo collection:
Bamboo drinks tray and outdoor essentials – Bed, Bath and Table
Perfect way to keep the flies away but your table still looking pretty – food covers in gorgeous summer colours:
Domed food cover – Bed, Bath and Table
So there you have it – a summer entertaining round up! Hope your next summer soiree is full of fun!